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not how boehner's critics see it and with boehner pushed out, leaders of the anti establishment are quite happy including the republican party's new chief disruptor. >> do people like him on a personal basis? anybody? you know, we want to see, we want to see the job being done properly. >> mr. trump showing trademark grace as speaker boehner resigned there. jackie, you were in the room after this surprising shocking decision. he told colleagues first and you asked him who he told first and he said he called his wife and she had a one-word answer. >> good. she said good. you can't imagine what people's families go through with this, something else entirely but speaker boehner had enough at this point. he planned to throw in the towel last cycle but when eric cantor lost his race he decided to stay on. the continuing friction with the tea party caucus or freedom caucus decided enough is enough. it's time to go and now they have another leadership race coming up. yeah, so boehner is out. >> you can see him sitting there when pope francis was addressing the joint session of the joint meeting,
not how boehner's critics see it and with boehner pushed out, leaders of the anti establishment are quite happy including the republican party's new chief disruptor. >> do people like him on a personal basis? anybody? you know, we want to see, we want to see the job being done properly. >> mr. trump showing trademark grace as speaker boehner resigned there. jackie, you were in the room after this surprising shocking decision. he told colleagues first and you asked him who he told...
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boehner was speaker of the house. y'all come to town and somehow that changes. >> but we're going to have a very interesting period of time. maybe it starts today because speaker boehner, some people like him on a personal basis. anybody? we want to see the job being done properly. >> amazing response there. i want to discuss this with our guests. our political commentator is joining us, the former deputy chief of staff to eric cantor. van, let me get your reaction to what the impact was. how will boehner's resignation impact, from your perspective, this it republican presidential race? >> i mean, i think in some ways he was like the person keeping asylum in order. who knows what's going to happen. i think it e throws some raw meat to this pop list uprising in the republican party that's really been dragging the party further and further to the ri t right. i don't think you can look at this party now when boehner, who is as conservative as anybody is considered a a moderate and too liberal to lead this party, you have
boehner was speaker of the house. y'all come to town and somehow that changes. >> but we're going to have a very interesting period of time. maybe it starts today because speaker boehner, some people like him on a personal basis. anybody? we want to see the job being done properly. >> amazing response there. i want to discuss this with our guests. our political commentator is joining us, the former deputy chief of staff to eric cantor. van, let me get your reaction to what the...
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b speaker boehner is trying to solve this problem. but we're bankrupt and we can't continue spending. even these temporary proposals won't address the subject that, we will default. we won't default by not paying the bills. we will default by more inflation. and that is a serious problem. >> i want to play something that i know you've heard. i'm sure you've heard john mccain speaking on the floor yesterday. let's just play that for our viewers. >> republican house failed to raise the debt ceiling would somehow escape all the blame. then democrats would have no choice but to pass a balanced budget amendment and reform entitlements and the tea party hobbits could return to middle earth having defeated mordor. this is the kind of crack political thinking that turned share enengle and christine o'donnel into gop senate nominees. >> he was reading from a "wall street journal" editorial but pretty harsh comments about the effect of the tea party on this debate. what do you make of what he said? >> he sounds angry. i'm pretty upset. i haven'
b speaker boehner is trying to solve this problem. but we're bankrupt and we can't continue spending. even these temporary proposals won't address the subject that, we will default. we won't default by not paying the bills. we will default by more inflation. and that is a serious problem. >> i want to play something that i know you've heard. i'm sure you've heard john mccain speaking on the floor yesterday. let's just play that for our viewers. >> republican house failed to raise...
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house speaker john boehner says poppycock. when democrats say republicans plan to impeach the president they're wrong. >> the whole talk of impeachment is coming from the president's own staff and democrats on capitol hill. why? because they're trying to rally their people to give money and to show up in this year's election. we have no plans to impeach the president. we have no future plan. listen, it's all a scam started by democrats at the white house. >> not all a scam. the speaker's right, he has never put impeachment on the table but a few republicans have, including sarah palin and that's why democrats have seized on, republicans who say impeach him or we'd like to impeach him or we'd vote for impeachments. democrats are using a lot of hyperbole to raise money. the house republicans are suing the president and guess what? they say they're suing it on principle but also trying to raise some political money off of it. here's a republican e-mail thanks for supporting the lawsuit. please send money so we can elect more repu
house speaker john boehner says poppycock. when democrats say republicans plan to impeach the president they're wrong. >> the whole talk of impeachment is coming from the president's own staff and democrats on capitol hill. why? because they're trying to rally their people to give money and to show up in this year's election. we have no plans to impeach the president. we have no future plan. listen, it's all a scam started by democrats at the white house. >> not all a scam. the...
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just because it is bigger than speaker boehner's plan is really the reason the boehner plan may trigger a downgrade. as we indicated, some investors, and this is a very subjective view of what would happen. think you could see the increase of a quarter percent to a half percent. if you remember, a year ago, when california had to issue those ious, california' rates go up half a percent to a percent. that a big increase and that happened even when they stopped paying the ious and stopped paying cash again. the long term implications stay with us even if the downgrade is very short. >> that translates into real money when all is that and done. glory yark you're getting more information on what we might be hearing. >> one of the interesting things coming from the administration to erin's point, they believe there is a possibility of a downgrade. not only because boehner's plan doesn't have as much deficit reduction about it means you have to come back again to this same debate six months down the line to have the question of whether you rayed the debt ceiling. that of course cause as lot o
just because it is bigger than speaker boehner's plan is really the reason the boehner plan may trigger a downgrade. as we indicated, some investors, and this is a very subjective view of what would happen. think you could see the increase of a quarter percent to a half percent. if you remember, a year ago, when california had to issue those ious, california' rates go up half a percent to a percent. that a big increase and that happened even when they stopped paying the ious and stopped paying...
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he actually had boehner i think agreeing to a certain amount of revenues and boehner discovered he couldn't get it through his own tea party caulk us. boehner face as a huge political problem if the senate approves something. if the senate approves something and it goes back to the house, he has to decide whether it goes to the floor for a vote. if he denies it a vote, and the country goes into default, i think republicans would have to think twice next year about their chances of succeeding at all in 2012. >> i understand that will be a very interesting weekend. i understand how mr. boehner face as a real problem here, but in some ways, couldn't you say that all of official washington face as a problem here? because effectively, have you about 60 young freshmen congressmen who have somehow stymied everyone. >> you've got about 1/5 of the house of representatives, which right now is trying to run the country. i call it a constitutional coup de etat. we never functioned that way. we'll see a real test of the this weekend. can the adults in the room take some risks? can mitch mcconnell negoti
he actually had boehner i think agreeing to a certain amount of revenues and boehner discovered he couldn't get it through his own tea party caulk us. boehner face as a huge political problem if the senate approves something. if the senate approves something and it goes back to the house, he has to decide whether it goes to the floor for a vote. if he denies it a vote, and the country goes into default, i think republicans would have to think twice next year about their chances of succeeding at...
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he told them to hold back until boehner had his chance. hold back until the boehner bill came to the floor. that's all history now. the american people want us to move forward. they want us to come up with a bipartisan approach that doesn't have us relive this scene that we've seen for the past week over and over and over and over again, like the old groundhog day movie. we want to get this done in a way so we can say the economy is going to move forward with a certainty that we'll have a debt ceiling extension and we are not going to jeopardize it with the problem of self-imposed political problems and wounds that can be avoided. it's a shame. we waited all day, this morning, senator reid went up to senator mcconnell on floort and said let's talk. let's work this out. nothing, nothing all day long. not all day long. and later at the end of the day, a call from senator mcconnell who said i'm not going to negotiate with up that's unfortunate. the american people deserve better. and let me say one last thing. if senator mcconnell would give
he told them to hold back until boehner had his chance. hold back until the boehner bill came to the floor. that's all history now. the american people want us to move forward. they want us to come up with a bipartisan approach that doesn't have us relive this scene that we've seen for the past week over and over and over and over again, like the old groundhog day movie. we want to get this done in a way so we can say the economy is going to move forward with a certainty that we'll have a debt...
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trump, who's boehner's texting and golfing buddy, a reference to something boehner said in that reference or carly and me. listen, guys, i don't know if you will remember but back last september ted cruz went to address a social conservative gathering in washington on the very day that boehner announced his resignation and he praised those grassroots conservatives for coming to town and driving boehner out of town. this has not been a friendly duo for quite some time, but i think ted cruz has a point in his response. i don't know many republican primary voters this season taking their cues from john boehner, the former speaker of the house. you know, it is exactly the energy that has fueled donald trump and ted cruz to the top of the field after this very crowded nomination season that is the same energy that ousted john boehner. so i don't know how much impact john boehner's comments are going to have on ted cruz. >> oh, we will see though. that's for sure, david. thank you so much. >> all right. we need to discuss this further because naughty words were used. our panel -- >> it just mak
trump, who's boehner's texting and golfing buddy, a reference to something boehner said in that reference or carly and me. listen, guys, i don't know if you will remember but back last september ted cruz went to address a social conservative gathering in washington on the very day that boehner announced his resignation and he praised those grassroots conservatives for coming to town and driving boehner out of town. this has not been a friendly duo for quite some time, but i think ted cruz has a...
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. >> -- as the house prepares to vote on john boehner's plan, another battle is under way between boehner and other conservatives. >> we advocated something more in the budget plan that the house passed. we think there are real problems with this plan. >> congressman jim jordan leads a key voting bloc of house conservatives. many have signed a pledge to vote any debt ceiling increase unless it comes with much more dramatic deficit cutting measures. now with conservatives unhappy, and if democrats remain united against boehner's plan, his margin of error is thin. there are 240 house republicans, it will take 217 to have pass the bill. that means boehner can't lose more than 23 of his own party to succe succeed. and tuesday, congressman jordan said boehner didn't have the votes. the speaker himself acknowledged they're not there yet. >> i do think that we're going to have some work to do to get it passed but i think we can do it. >> add to that in morning the house majority leader eric cantor told republicans in a meeting to, according to sources, to stop grumbling and whining and get onboa
. >> -- as the house prepares to vote on john boehner's plan, another battle is under way between boehner and other conservatives. >> we advocated something more in the budget plan that the house passed. we think there are real problems with this plan. >> congressman jim jordan leads a key voting bloc of house conservatives. many have signed a pledge to vote any debt ceiling increase unless it comes with much more dramatic deficit cutting measures. now with conservatives...
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leader boehner -- sorry, we're still waiting for leader mcconnell and speaker boehner to move even a little bit in our direction. >> so that was harry reid explaining why the senate has rejected john boehner's bill which went through the house earlier. we'll get straight back to wolf blitzer. a couple of things struck me from what the democratic senator was saying. one was it's not politics as usual. the other is it's time to behave like adults which seemed ironic given it's exactly politics as usual and none are behaving much like adults. >> they don't have a lot of time. it's got to be done by tuesday. looks like they're going stretch it out until the bitter end. it's going to go saturday, sunday, the asian markets again will open sunday night east coast time here in the united states. monday in asia. already the u.s. markets will reopen monday morning. so this clock is ticking. as you know, for six days, the markets in the u.s. have gone down, wall street down the worst week in more than a year in the united states. that could be the tip of the iceberg if they don't get something
leader boehner -- sorry, we're still waiting for leader mcconnell and speaker boehner to move even a little bit in our direction. >> so that was harry reid explaining why the senate has rejected john boehner's bill which went through the house earlier. we'll get straight back to wolf blitzer. a couple of things struck me from what the democratic senator was saying. one was it's not politics as usual. the other is it's time to behave like adults which seemed ironic given it's exactly...
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. >> john boehner. >> boehner. >> burgess. >> john boehner. >> boehner. >> buscos. pelosi. butterfield. pelosi. calvert. >> dana, i don't know if you're able to answer this question or not, but we see that they're going through the formality of nominating pelosi, but we know because the democrats don't have the majority that she would not likely be speaker. do we know if there's ever been any occasion where you didn't have the majority and they nominated a speaker that wasn't in the majority? this seems like a formality here. >> reporter: it is a formality. because there were questions how the process works and whether or not he gets a real challenge, we looked it up. in the past 100 years, so not since 1913, only once has there been a real challenge that has forced a recurring vote. i think it was nine times in 1923 that they had to vote over and over again until they finally got a speaker. that's a long way of saying, no, this is a formality and again it's he a way for some -- for a few members to express their concern, express their protest on the republican side at leas
. >> john boehner. >> boehner. >> burgess. >> john boehner. >> boehner. >> buscos. pelosi. butterfield. pelosi. calvert. >> dana, i don't know if you're able to answer this question or not, but we see that they're going through the formality of nominating pelosi, but we know because the democrats don't have the majority that she would not likely be speaker. do we know if there's ever been any occasion where you didn't have the majority and they...
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i've never worked with john boehner. truth of the matter is, i don't know the man. >> reporter: tell that to boehner who revealed two years ago that cruz was once his attorney. >> ted cruz used to be my attorney a long time ago. >> is that right? >> yeah. he's a good guy. >> reporter: cruz also threw cold water on john kasich, which was supposed to mean that the ohio governor would no longer compete. and then tweeted, "i can't stand liars." kasich seemed to acknowledge the deal with cruz is dead saying the governor could pull off a surprise in indiana. >> i think he may surprise people in indiana. i was there on monday. >> but i thought he made a deal with cruz not to campaign in indiana and basically give up indiana. >> i thought that was supposed to be the deal at one point. >> reporter: drama surrounding the heat off of trump still trying to explain the comment that hillary clinton is playing the woman card. >> nobody cherishes and nobody respects women more than donald trump. that i can tell you. i will be so much be
i've never worked with john boehner. truth of the matter is, i don't know the man. >> reporter: tell that to boehner who revealed two years ago that cruz was once his attorney. >> ted cruz used to be my attorney a long time ago. >> is that right? >> yeah. he's a good guy. >> reporter: cruz also threw cold water on john kasich, which was supposed to mean that the ohio governor would no longer compete. and then tweeted, "i can't stand liars." kasich seemed...
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three weeks ago john boehner wanted to cave on this. he's been forced by his caucus not to give that up. what is he supposed to discuss in a negotiation with the president? the president is going to say i'm not doing something that delays or defunds obama care. boehner has to say i'm not authorized to another gate on that. >> ryan lizza, you have a very good point. >> i want to add thing. >> >> the point i would make to you, are we dealing with essentially two quite weak leaders here? >> yes, look, i think there's something to that. i don't want to suggest that there aren't major differences between obama and boehner and a major problem with their relationship. there are incredible differences between the two parties. all i'm saying here is, we should never shut the government down and one party, whether it's democrats or republicans shouldn't use the threat of a shutdown to get their way to get their policy. all you have to do is pass a continuing resolution and 800,000 employees won't be out of jobs tomorrow or at least temporarily. i
three weeks ago john boehner wanted to cave on this. he's been forced by his caucus not to give that up. what is he supposed to discuss in a negotiation with the president? the president is going to say i'm not doing something that delays or defunds obama care. boehner has to say i'm not authorized to another gate on that. >> ryan lizza, you have a very good point. >> i want to add thing. >> >> the point i would make to you, are we dealing with essentially two quite weak...
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come in on day one and make a stand against boehner? >> a bold move on day one to go against speaker boehner. he claeearly did it from a position of principle. he took on a republican congressman, ran a great ad, depicting politicians as pigs at the trough. he's got a very anti-establishment message. and to his credit, he says, look, we need to find a way to work against party lines and he's not saning any pledges. that's a hopeful pledge. but i was really struck, not just by his vote, but the dozen or so folks that voted against boehner and how close this came. >> six votes? >> yeah. >> that's pretty incredible. >> erin, we discussed, sources on the hill have been saying for weeks, boehner's safe, boehner's safe, this turned out to be a real nail biter. it does show that boehner's got a real problem holding together his conference. the lessons he takes from it will be fascinating. but the vote revealed the fault lines beneath the republican party. i mean, when you see, paul brewnan and louie gohmert voting for alan west, that's one seg
come in on day one and make a stand against boehner? >> a bold move on day one to go against speaker boehner. he claeearly did it from a position of principle. he took on a republican congressman, ran a great ad, depicting politicians as pigs at the trough. he's got a very anti-establishment message. and to his credit, he says, look, we need to find a way to work against party lines and he's not saning any pledges. that's a hopeful pledge. but i was really struck, not just by his vote,...
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everyone is talking about boehner. it is the senate that can't get anything passed because none of though democratic senators will vote for a tax increase. >> we'll see what happens in the senate next. i want to go back to gingrich and bill clinton. do you recall the positive statesmanship? >> i actually recall night gingrich leading the charge to impeach bill clinton. in other words, maybe i just don't, maybe i have a different kind of memory, a view of american history. and i remember night gingrich saying that president obama had an anti-colonial view of manager. wherever that came from. i am sort of he said amored that night gingrich has now professed love for bill clinton when he was trying to run him out of office and to try to have a criminal prosecution. when you get old, i just remember too many things. >> don't believe him. he doesn't remember anything. he can't hear and he doesn't listen. >> come on, night, don't you know that we remember that kind of stuff? please. >> there's been a rap video that has gone
everyone is talking about boehner. it is the senate that can't get anything passed because none of though democratic senators will vote for a tax increase. >> we'll see what happens in the senate next. i want to go back to gingrich and bill clinton. do you recall the positive statesmanship? >> i actually recall night gingrich leading the charge to impeach bill clinton. in other words, maybe i just don't, maybe i have a different kind of memory, a view of american history. and i...
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will that hurt or help boehner? that's the question going forward, especially with all these republicans who don't want to compromise. >> we have pictures of the senate and the pictures of the house of representatives getting ready for the start of this 114th congress. it's an important day. the republicans would not only be the majority in the house of representatives but they will be the majority in the u.s. senate as well. i want to bring in dana bash, our cheer congressional correspondent, and gloria borger, chief political analyst. dana, what's about to happen on the floor of the house of representatives? >> reporter: the new house will come in and get sworn in. and then probably about 40 minutes later, the drama will ensue that you and jake were just talking about, the vote for house speaker. i can give you a sense of the vibe here. there's a lot of suspense. there's always kind of that first day of school feeling on the first day of congress. there are about 71 new members of congress, which is pretty high, y
will that hurt or help boehner? that's the question going forward, especially with all these republicans who don't want to compromise. >> we have pictures of the senate and the pictures of the house of representatives getting ready for the start of this 114th congress. it's an important day. the republicans would not only be the majority in the house of representatives but they will be the majority in the u.s. senate as well. i want to bring in dana bash, our cheer congressional...
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boehner to save face. he's trying to save face right now because of the failure and tin effectual whipping they did last night. this approach that he's taken is a -- it's a very narrowly partisan approach that will not get us to monday or tuesday to raise the debt ceiling. what we need is a bipartisan approach and what we need is a balanced approach. we know wie will not get a balanced approach as far as tax revenues, but we know that there are cuts on the table from both sides. >> he's going to get this legislation passed right now. he's got enough to get over 216, which is what he needs. the vote is going to take place right now. he did leave open at the very end, you know what, come back, talk to me, bring me something so we can continue this conversation. did he leave you, tony blankley, with hope that this can be worked out before tuesday? >> look, i think eventually this town is going to get to some kind of conclusion. >> what does that mean? eventually? >> i don't know. i hope by the 2nd, maybe not.
boehner to save face. he's trying to save face right now because of the failure and tin effectual whipping they did last night. this approach that he's taken is a -- it's a very narrowly partisan approach that will not get us to monday or tuesday to raise the debt ceiling. what we need is a bipartisan approach and what we need is a balanced approach. we know wie will not get a balanced approach as far as tax revenues, but we know that there are cuts on the table from both sides. >> he's...
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and that john boehner cannot deliver. and the reason he can't deliver is that his conservative flank doesn't trust him, doesn't like him, and i was interested in hearing dana talk about the question of a challenge to his leadership because if in an hour or so when this vote occurs or 15 or 20 minutes, whenever it is, if john boehner cannot make this happen, then i think questions will be raised about his leadership. you know, my only problem is, you know, if you strike at the king, you've got to kill him. i don't know who would replace john boehner in that republican caucus right now which is so disparate. but we've learned overall it's just as dysfunctional as it always was. >> gloria borger, wolf blitzer, thank you always for being with us. >>> just ahead, the latest on the other major breaking story. who's behind the killing of a russian opposition leader, boris nemtsov? was this a case of political murder? proof of less joint pain. this is my body of proof. and clearer skin. this is my body of proof that i can fight p
and that john boehner cannot deliver. and the reason he can't deliver is that his conservative flank doesn't trust him, doesn't like him, and i was interested in hearing dana talk about the question of a challenge to his leadership because if in an hour or so when this vote occurs or 15 or 20 minutes, whenever it is, if john boehner cannot make this happen, then i think questions will be raised about his leadership. you know, my only problem is, you know, if you strike at the king, you've got...
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and john boehner. with pelosi the problem is there are plenty of democrats who would like her to no longer be a house democratic leader minority leader. but they don't have the ability to effectively challenge her leadership. so why bother? >> there's not really going to be a serious challenge to nancy pelosi at all? >> no not at all. >> and there won't be a challenge to harry reid as the minority leader in the u.s. senate? >> once again there are senate democrats who would like to see new leadership and yet they don't have the votes and they don't have the power and people like harry reid and nancy pelosi got to where they are by wielding power effectively. >> even though the democrats in the senate suffered the democrats in the house suffered they will remain the leaders with no significant opposition at all? >> that's exactly right. i think one of the challenges for john boehner going forward, by the way, is the fact that the senate is now controlled by republicans. that actually means because the s
and john boehner. with pelosi the problem is there are plenty of democrats who would like her to no longer be a house democratic leader minority leader. but they don't have the ability to effectively challenge her leadership. so why bother? >> there's not really going to be a serious challenge to nancy pelosi at all? >> no not at all. >> and there won't be a challenge to harry reid as the minority leader in the u.s. senate? >> once again there are senate democrats who...
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john boehner was trying to do just the opposite. to have that happen and on the eve -- >> bad for the country, what? let me just finish, it is good politics in the traditional sense because in terms of getting a national answer in the next days, i think it left us farther away from getting an answer. it will further divide the country. >> i was going to ask you, was did anybody benefit from the house tonight, did anybody, way better than they did half an hour ago, the thing? >> i think possibly a fellow came out better with his base, but the country is tired of the political posturing and people really want leadership and fine dancers and get this off the edge of the cliffs. >> the debate we had today seemed to move beyond the tax increases and the short term, nobody talking about tax increases except for barack obama, who still talk about that. the plan by harry reid contains no tax increases. in the short term. the plan by john boehner contains no tax increases. >> let me ask you about this, wolf, clearly the tea party factor here
john boehner was trying to do just the opposite. to have that happen and on the eve -- >> bad for the country, what? let me just finish, it is good politics in the traditional sense because in terms of getting a national answer in the next days, i think it left us farther away from getting an answer. it will further divide the country. >> i was going to ask you, was did anybody benefit from the house tonight, did anybody, way better than they did half an hour ago, the thing?...
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so boehner said that he's out. and i'm quoting him now, where he says, you know, it's as simple as that. but in your view, is it that simple? >> well, it's not that simple. the writing's been on the wall for some time now. being the speaker of the house is not a luxurious job. you just get beat up by all sides, all the time, really since tip o'neill, none of the speakers have survived, but particularly, speaker boehner has a difficult time, because the right wing of his party constantly wants to hammer away at barack obama as being the worst president ever, and he's trying to get deals done, and he hasn't really had a very successful tenure as speaker. he's just turned 65. the pope came to town and he was one of the reasons that pope francis spoke at congress. so i think the timing turns out to be about right, but he really doesn't have too many people that thought he should stay. >> and then, in terms of possible successors, it was even john boehner who said, you know, he thinks house majority leader kevin mccarth
so boehner said that he's out. and i'm quoting him now, where he says, you know, it's as simple as that. but in your view, is it that simple? >> well, it's not that simple. the writing's been on the wall for some time now. being the speaker of the house is not a luxurious job. you just get beat up by all sides, all the time, really since tip o'neill, none of the speakers have survived, but particularly, speaker boehner has a difficult time, because the right wing of his party constantly...
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do you support john boehner? >> i do, actually. i just walked out of that meeting she just referenced that dana just mentioned saying it was internal procedure setting up the rules for the house. there was actually no conversation at all of any type about a lack of support for john boehner. >> let me just understand why that is though because in the recent key moments of leadership, john boehner has not been able to deliver, right? there was the plan b right before christmas. that he was going to put out and couldn't even get back to the floor for his own party and then in the fiscal cliff deal, he was the guy doing the negotiating and wasn't able to get it done. then senator mcconnell had to step in. if john boehner couldn't get that done, why is he going to be speaker? >> here's the challenge of it. the house passed sequestration documents in may. and we passed our tax documents in august and then we went through the process. the mistake that was made and we're waiting on the senate to respond. he shouldn't have done face to face
do you support john boehner? >> i do, actually. i just walked out of that meeting she just referenced that dana just mentioned saying it was internal procedure setting up the rules for the house. there was actually no conversation at all of any type about a lack of support for john boehner. >> let me just understand why that is though because in the recent key moments of leadership, john boehner has not been able to deliver, right? there was the plan b right before christmas. that...
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boehner said no way. and then tom cole said boehner should not offer a counterproposal to the fiscal cliff deal the president presented. boehner offered a proposal yesterday. i asked cole if he's frustrated with john boehner. >> no, not in the least. look, i support the speaker. and we're actually not very far apart on anything. and, you know, at the end of the day, he's going to negotiate a deal. it will probably be a challenging vote for a lot of people. i always support him. i would expect i will again and try and persuade others. just to be clear, i'm not for raising taxes on anybody. i think it's a mistake. i think all republicans believe that. however, you have to recognize the reality that at the end of the month, tax rates for every american that pays income tax are going to go up. so there is an area that we do agree with the president on. that is 98% of the american people, getting about 80% of this tax cut shouldn't have their taxes raised. so my suggestion -- it was delivered, by the way, in p
boehner said no way. and then tom cole said boehner should not offer a counterproposal to the fiscal cliff deal the president presented. boehner offered a proposal yesterday. i asked cole if he's frustrated with john boehner. >> no, not in the least. look, i support the speaker. and we're actually not very far apart on anything. and, you know, at the end of the day, he's going to negotiate a deal. it will probably be a challenging vote for a lot of people. i always support him. i would...
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he recalls an incident where fellow republican congressman don young got so angry with boehner over boehner's criticism of earmarks that young held a ten-inch knife to boehner's throat just off the house floor. young told politico boehner's account is mostly true. in the book excerpts, john boehner shows a particular detestation of texas republican senator ted cruz, who boehner had already spoken derisively about for years. >> lucifer in the flesh. i have never worked with a more miserable son of a bitch. >> reporter: in the book, discussing the rise of the tea party while he was speaker and younger republicans who were less interested in cutting deals with democrats, boehner writes, there is nothing more dangerous than a reckless a-hole who thinks he is smarter than everyone else. ladies and gentlemen, meet senator ted cruz. >> what he detested about senator cruz was this dramatic histrionic style that wasn't about legislating but about scoring points in the media and eventually that is what led boehner to move away. >> reporter: we reached out to senator ted cruz's office for a response to
he recalls an incident where fellow republican congressman don young got so angry with boehner over boehner's criticism of earmarks that young held a ten-inch knife to boehner's throat just off the house floor. young told politico boehner's account is mostly true. in the book excerpts, john boehner shows a particular detestation of texas republican senator ted cruz, who boehner had already spoken derisively about for years. >> lucifer in the flesh. i have never worked with a more...
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then this hurts john boehner. no child left behind was the vote that radicalized a lot of conservatives against george bush and he started having a harder and harder time getting republicans after that in congress to support some of his plans. and that's probably going to happen to john boehner. he should have never done this boehner plan. he should have made cut, cap and balance whether you like it or not make that the starting point. at least it had democratic votes in the house. >> where do you see the possibility for some sort of a deal? where do these john boehner republicans meet up with the democrats? >> they'll hold their nose and vote for something like the mcconnel-reid plan that was floated a couple weeks ago to let the president do it and then they gave vote of disapproval. ultimately when they get down to the last 30 seconds on the clock they'll take a deal like that, some of them. >> james, are you confident of that? >> you know, i was. i'm a little less sure today. i suspect that the speaker's going
then this hurts john boehner. no child left behind was the vote that radicalized a lot of conservatives against george bush and he started having a harder and harder time getting republicans after that in congress to support some of his plans. and that's probably going to happen to john boehner. he should have never done this boehner plan. he should have made cut, cap and balance whether you like it or not make that the starting point. at least it had democratic votes in the house. >>...
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john boehner is the country's top ranking republican. but as mcconnell as the new leader in town, almost more important as to whether this works? >> i would argue, yes. one of the things i've seen on capitol hill since the election, i've been there almost every day, there's a new dynamic in republican power. the house majority led by speaker boehner used to be calling the shots day in and day out. now you have mcconnell with -- running the -- prepared to run the u.s. senate. and he's the one who seems to be playing point guard for the party. and he is the party leader with boehner, of course, but mcconnell i think wants to govern responsibly and set the party up for major gains in '16. that started in 2014 by pushing back the tea party and starts now by making sure all the passions and eagerness in the house don't overtake the party. >> in a lot of ways, that helps boehner, right? because mcconnell is over there and he has his conference, he has a much tighter rein on that conference than in recent months we've seen speaker boehner has o
john boehner is the country's top ranking republican. but as mcconnell as the new leader in town, almost more important as to whether this works? >> i would argue, yes. one of the things i've seen on capitol hill since the election, i've been there almost every day, there's a new dynamic in republican power. the house majority led by speaker boehner used to be calling the shots day in and day out. now you have mcconnell with -- running the -- prepared to run the u.s. senate. and he's the...
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the president meeting again with speaker boehner. he walked away from talks but was called right back today by the president. he says he'll show up. senate majority leader, senate minority leader and democratic leader in the house, nancy pelosi all expected to be there. let me go to the white house right now. brianna keilar is there for us. is there any reason to believe that this is just another, you know, just another twist and turn in these negotiations? not the first time we saw somebody walk away from talks. >> i would say this was the most dramatic day we've seen yet. we spoke earlier about it. you said you felt something was different. that was a dra hattic development. the clock is ticking so much closer. there was hope is that the house speaker and president could come to some kind of an agreement. you can gauge it how frustrated president obama was yesterday. that was a level of frustration we haven't seen before following this collapse. republicans saying that the white house had moved the goal post, that they, republicans
the president meeting again with speaker boehner. he walked away from talks but was called right back today by the president. he says he'll show up. senate majority leader, senate minority leader and democratic leader in the house, nancy pelosi all expected to be there. let me go to the white house right now. brianna keilar is there for us. is there any reason to believe that this is just another, you know, just another twist and turn in these negotiations? not the first time we saw somebody...
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today, the american people have seen why john boehner's colleagues love him, and agree with john boehner or not, he is a good man, and person of faith and at peace with himself who has always tried to put his country first. >> but not all of the republican colleagues love him, and we heard matt salmon say that in his district in arizona the biggest grief he got was voting for john boehner that he twice voted for him, and voted for john boehner as speaker of the house, and that is why he has turned against him and that is something that you have heard from other republicans. >> yes, the american people are frustrated and they are looking for the house to step up, and do more, and john has had big victories and losses, too, but now, we have to capitalize on the opportunity that john has given us, and it is an opportunity to come together. you know, after this decision is now made, we can come together, but we are still going to have the same president and the significant minority in the senate, and our opportunity to make a difference for this country is going to be when we stand together
today, the american people have seen why john boehner's colleagues love him, and agree with john boehner or not, he is a good man, and person of faith and at peace with himself who has always tried to put his country first. >> but not all of the republican colleagues love him, and we heard matt salmon say that in his district in arizona the biggest grief he got was voting for john boehner that he twice voted for him, and voted for john boehner as speaker of the house, and that is why he...
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i would love to be able to support speaker boehner, leader cantor. i have to have something that transcends election cycles. i can't support it. >> well, over on the democratic-controlled senate side, they are waiting to get a house bill simply so they can vote no on it. then, experts say, the real bargaining could begin on some kind of compromise that both the house and senate might agree on. but now that is on hold. and the stakes keep rising. the dow industrials lost another 62 points today. a lot of ground for us to cover tonight with chief white house correspondent jessica yellin, chief national correspondent john king, host of john king usa and chief political analyst gloria borger. >>> the meetings are happening, if the leadership is still talking because it doesn't seem like another path for, they are still working on trying to build support around us or to figure out some way possibly in order to win over support. the fact of the matter is they have been at this for hours and they have not been able to twist arms to be confident they have th
i would love to be able to support speaker boehner, leader cantor. i have to have something that transcends election cycles. i can't support it. >> well, over on the democratic-controlled senate side, they are waiting to get a house bill simply so they can vote no on it. then, experts say, the real bargaining could begin on some kind of compromise that both the house and senate might agree on. but now that is on hold. and the stakes keep rising. the dow industrials lost another 62 points...
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house speaker john boehner is set to step aside. right after being with the pope, he said this is how it came down in his heart and his head. what does this mean going forward? is this going to help or increase a divide in the republican party? we discuss. le? thanks to angie's list, now it is. we're making hiring anyone from a handyman to a dog walker as simple as a few clicks. you don't have to be a member to buy their services directly at angieslist.com but members save more on special offers. angie's list is revolutionizing local service again. visit angieslist.com today. >>> welcome back to "new day." and here is a shot of downtown manhattan heliport. the pope has just arrived there. he will be soon be boarding that helicopter, and he'll be flying to jfk airport where he will then get in shepherd 1, the airplane, as it's known, when he flies in it, and heading, of course, to philadelphia for his final stop in this incredible u.s. journey. we've been watching every step of the way the enthusiasm for him. so, you can't see the po
house speaker john boehner is set to step aside. right after being with the pope, he said this is how it came down in his heart and his head. what does this mean going forward? is this going to help or increase a divide in the republican party? we discuss. le? thanks to angie's list, now it is. we're making hiring anyone from a handyman to a dog walker as simple as a few clicks. you don't have to be a member to buy their services directly at angieslist.com but members save more on special...
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listen to john boehner. he did the conservative radio show the laura ingram show this morning and he's talking about how some of these guys simply don't think getting to default without a plan is a horrible thing. >> well, first, they want more. and my goodness, i want more, too. secondly, a lot of them believe that that if we get past august the 2 sxnd we have enough chaos we can force the senate and the white house to accept a balanced budget amendment. i'm not sure that that -- i don't think that strategy works because i think the closer we get to august the 2nd frankly the less leverage we have vis-a-vis our colleagues in the senate and the white house. >> if democrats came here with a specific promise and they were then told -- some of these guys were pressuring the house guys before they even had their vote on their plan, you have to compromise. they're keeping their promises. what's wrong with that? >> no. this is startling. on a couple of different fronts. i assure you the american people didn't vote
listen to john boehner. he did the conservative radio show the laura ingram show this morning and he's talking about how some of these guys simply don't think getting to default without a plan is a horrible thing. >> well, first, they want more. and my goodness, i want more, too. secondly, a lot of them believe that that if we get past august the 2 sxnd we have enough chaos we can force the senate and the white house to accept a balanced budget amendment. i'm not sure that that -- i don't...
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boehner's juice is gone. he didn't necessarily have the votes to get another spending bill through his own house. and so he basically ended up lying and deceiving house republicans that he would bring this to the floor. and then he didn't. which is why the outrage and why he's now been forced to put it into two parts, bring to it the floor on friday in part the flood insurance part and then the rest of it won't happen until the middle of the month. >> use the word lying that's a pretty serious word. let me bring kristen in. disaster relief new jersey, new york, connecticut is concerned. it's a hot political issue. why. >> because even for folks who believe that the government is doing too many things that ought to be left to individuals and the private-sector when it comes to things like taking care of people who have been hit by a disaster, taking care of people in emergency situations, that's something that i think everybody ought to be able to agree on. so that's really what's causing a lot of questions ab
boehner's juice is gone. he didn't necessarily have the votes to get another spending bill through his own house. and so he basically ended up lying and deceiving house republicans that he would bring this to the floor. and then he didn't. which is why the outrage and why he's now been forced to put it into two parts, bring to it the floor on friday in part the flood insurance part and then the rest of it won't happen until the middle of the month. >> use the word lying that's a pretty...
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. >>> house speaker john boehner goes on the offensive, and he blasts conservative groups who oppose the bipartisan budget deal. so is this a sign of a serious rift within the gop, or is it a political strategy by a republican leadership? let's go to capitol hill next and find out. >>> if you didn't see it here on cnn, you probably saw it somewhere. house speaker john boehner lashing out against conservative groups that push the gop to vote against the new budget deal. he took them to task this week, and it has many wondering is there a rift in the republican party? dana bash has more from capitol hill. >> reporter: john boehner turned a spat with powerful outside groups in his own party into an all-out war. >> they're misleading their followers. i think they're pushing our members in places where they don't want to be. >> reporter: boehner first took his private ayre for conservative groups to psh republicans to oppose a budget deal he supports, many before they saw it. now it's clear the speaker is using this moment to take a broader stand against outside forces that have so often
. >>> house speaker john boehner goes on the offensive, and he blasts conservative groups who oppose the bipartisan budget deal. so is this a sign of a serious rift within the gop, or is it a political strategy by a republican leadership? let's go to capitol hill next and find out. >>> if you didn't see it here on cnn, you probably saw it somewhere. house speaker john boehner lashing out against conservative groups that push the gop to vote against the new budget deal. he took...
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boehner thinks that's a good idea. throwing people off of medicaid when we already have 50 million people without insurance, mr. boehner sthis that's a good idea. we have differences of opinion. every poll i've said, wolf, says the american people want shared sacrifice. they do not want to balance the budget on the backs of the elderly, the sick, the children or the middle class. >> would you be open to some sort of deal that the president might work out with the house speaker in order to avoid this august 2 default deadline, a deal by which there would be significant spending cuts right now, but any tax increases would be punted? would be kicked way down the road in order to get it passed? are you open to that? >> no. that would be a disaster. and again, a proposal like that is what the american people have said over and over again. only a small minority of people apparently right here in washington, d.c., think that it makes sense to attack social security when social security hasn't contributed one nickel to our def
boehner thinks that's a good idea. throwing people off of medicaid when we already have 50 million people without insurance, mr. boehner sthis that's a good idea. we have differences of opinion. every poll i've said, wolf, says the american people want shared sacrifice. they do not want to balance the budget on the backs of the elderly, the sick, the children or the middle class. >> would you be open to some sort of deal that the president might work out with the house speaker in order to...
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let's quickly show you what the boehner plan would do. it would raise the debt ceiling by a total of $2.5 trillion and it would cut spending by $900 million and it would appoint a commissioner that would cut spending by another $6 trillion. the democratic leader there says he has a plan in the senate, harry reid would raise the debt ceiling by $2.4 trillion and it would cut $2.2 trillion in spending over the next decade including savings account for scaling back the wars in afghanistan and iraq. let's talk now to a new member of the senate who opposes both of these plans. he says they don't do enough to bring fiscal sanity to washington, senator rand paul, republican of kentucky, is with us this evening. senator paul, the conservatives in the house can't round up the votes to pass their plan. speaker reid probably has 52 or 53 for his, but he doesn't have the 60 votes he would need to get it through the senate. we're days away from a potential default. would you prefer default to either of these two plans. >> no. but the interesting thing
let's quickly show you what the boehner plan would do. it would raise the debt ceiling by a total of $2.5 trillion and it would cut spending by $900 million and it would appoint a commissioner that would cut spending by another $6 trillion. the democratic leader there says he has a plan in the senate, harry reid would raise the debt ceiling by $2.4 trillion and it would cut $2.2 trillion in spending over the next decade including savings account for scaling back the wars in afghanistan and...
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so why is the boehner bill cuts only? and why is democratic senator harry reid's plan also cuts only? democrats have backed away from any measures that raise revenues to accommodate republican demand. and republicans say americans are not willing to see any taxes go up. >> right now this economy is ailing. and we don't believe, nor do i think the american people believe, that raising taxes is the answer. >> i think what the american people appreciate is that you don't reinvigorate the economy by raising taxes. >> the american people don't want us to raise taxes. >> the american people didn't want their taxes raised, and they wanted us to cut spending. they don't want compromise. >> it's time to cut spending, balance the budget, and pay down the debt for our children and our grandchildren without raising taxes. >> there is absolutely no appetite anywhere across the united states for increasing taxes. >> i think the american people are against raising taxes on the job creators out there. >> well again, most polls show that'
so why is the boehner bill cuts only? and why is democratic senator harry reid's plan also cuts only? democrats have backed away from any measures that raise revenues to accommodate republican demand. and republicans say americans are not willing to see any taxes go up. >> right now this economy is ailing. and we don't believe, nor do i think the american people believe, that raising taxes is the answer. >> i think what the american people appreciate is that you don't reinvigorate...
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if you look at what harry reid is proposing and john boehner, other than john boehner require two votes and a few other issues, by and large their plans are identical. i suspect they'll get merged within the next week. guys like me won't like it. we knew a compromise was coming. the problem is neither plan cuts three to $4 trillion which is what s&p said they need to do to keep the credit rating at triple-a. >> how big of a concern is that? even with the plans the credit rating might still be downgraded? >> it's a very big risk, anderson. there's two different events here and it's hard to keep them separated from each other. the first is getting the debt sealing lifted. that's the critical negotiation under way now. even if we get it lifted, eric's right. standard & poor's is saying even if you get it lifted it's how much you're willing to cut the deficits that they will really judge the triple-a rating of the united states on and if it's something less than $3 to $4 trillion in real cuts they're going to lower the credit rating of the united states for the first time in our history. we
if you look at what harry reid is proposing and john boehner, other than john boehner require two votes and a few other issues, by and large their plans are identical. i suspect they'll get merged within the next week. guys like me won't like it. we knew a compromise was coming. the problem is neither plan cuts three to $4 trillion which is what s&p said they need to do to keep the credit rating at triple-a. >> how big of a concern is that? even with the plans the credit rating might...
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, who's john boehner? brian todd, cnn, washington. >>> and this quick programming note, former senate majority leader harry reid joins cnn's jim acosta later on today for a one-on-one interview. you can watch that right here on cnn at 5:00 p.m. eastern time. >>> hello again, everyone, thank you fo
, who's john boehner? brian todd, cnn, washington. >>> and this quick programming note, former senate majority leader harry reid joins cnn's jim acosta later on today for a one-on-one interview. you can watch that right here on cnn at 5:00 p.m. eastern time. >>> hello again, everyone, thank you fo
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john boehner is a good man. he is a patriot. he cares deeply about the house and institution in which he has served for a long time. he cares about his kconstituent, and he cares about america. you know, we have obviously had a lot of disagreements, and politically, with we are at different ends of the spectrum, but he has always conducted himself with courtesy and civility with me, and he has always kept his word when he has made a commitment, and he is somebody who has been gracious, and i think that maybe most importantly, he is somebody who understands that in government, in governance, you don't get 100% of what you want, but you have to work with people who you disagree with, and sometimes strongly in order to do the people's business. i'm not going to prejudge who the next speaker will be. that is something that will have to be worked through in the house. i will certainly reach out immediately to whoever is the new speaker to see what his or her ideas are, and how we can make progress in the important issues that make fa
john boehner is a good man. he is a patriot. he cares deeply about the house and institution in which he has served for a long time. he cares about his kconstituent, and he cares about america. you know, we have obviously had a lot of disagreements, and politically, with we are at different ends of the spectrum, but he has always conducted himself with courtesy and civility with me, and he has always kept his word when he has made a commitment, and he is somebody who has been gracious, and i...
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white house moving the goalpost, as boehner put it. he said they had agreed to about $800 billion to raise revenue, and then the white house came back. president obama came back, boehner said, and demanded $400 billion more. something that, for house republicans, would be a poison pill. and then you have democrats, we heard president obama saying yesterday, questioning if republicans would accept any deal, saying that the things he had agreed to had rankled democrats so much, that he thought maybe there was promise that this could find some common ground. but he questioned if republicans could be happy with any type of agreement, t.j.. >> all right. breanna keeler, we're going to be talking to you again. we'll leave it there for now, but thank you so much. for our viewers, al lot of you were out on friday night and you missed some of the developments yesterday. you missed those two news conferences from president obama and republican house leader john bayoehne boehner. we'll play both of those for you at the bottom of the hour, in thei
white house moving the goalpost, as boehner put it. he said they had agreed to about $800 billion to raise revenue, and then the white house came back. president obama came back, boehner said, and demanded $400 billion more. something that, for house republicans, would be a poison pill. and then you have democrats, we heard president obama saying yesterday, questioning if republicans would accept any deal, saying that the things he had agreed to had rankled democrats so much, that he thought...
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speaker boehner and he had a great discussion. as wolf blitzer said before i came original speaker boehner is willing to do thing if. many in his party might have found objectionable. and the president is willing to do some things that many in his party had trouble. with enough democrats supported that that we could have done a huge deficit reduction for the american people. the question is, clearly this my way or the highway approach, digging in, not willing to compromise. that won't get the job done. as the president. in eight days if we don't solve this, the country will default. if the house republicans will just compromise a little bit. and do what's right for the country, we'll be able to get through this period. most importantly, we will get to continue to work, reducing the deficit 9/11 of the short term solutions on the table now to get us through problem at the moment, will not finish the job. we'll have to do reform. things president is looking forward to working with the congress on. >>> let's assume worst-case scenari
speaker boehner and he had a great discussion. as wolf blitzer said before i came original speaker boehner is willing to do thing if. many in his party might have found objectionable. and the president is willing to do some things that many in his party had trouble. with enough democrats supported that that we could have done a huge deficit reduction for the american people. the question is, clearly this my way or the highway approach, digging in, not willing to compromise. that won't get the...
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>> we made clear how we feel about the boehner bill, the speaker boehner bill. because it is incredibly bad for the economy to have some kind of scircus go on in washington wit folks saying that we're going to force the default unless you come what we want, unless you enact spending cuts that were rejected already that are more draconian than are in the ryan bill, that would do significant damage to social security and medicare. force incredible cuts in clean energy and education and all the things that nothing close to a majority assumsupported and cery not in the country, oi otherwis we'll just default. that's not a mechanism that's good for us, the economy, good for the american people. so that's what we oppose. beyond that, there are a lot of ways to get to compromise and that is what the american people i think really want us to to is to compromise. not stick to anybody, no score political victories and see who can be blamed for the economic damage that would be done by the fight here. people want these fights to resolve and they're happy to have hf have --
>> we made clear how we feel about the boehner bill, the speaker boehner bill. because it is incredibly bad for the economy to have some kind of scircus go on in washington wit folks saying that we're going to force the default unless you come what we want, unless you enact spending cuts that were rejected already that are more draconian than are in the ryan bill, that would do significant damage to social security and medicare. force incredible cuts in clean energy and education and all...
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an embarrassing day for speaker boehner. it looks like he lost control completety. >> on one hand, there's a frustration with speaker boehner. they wanted a grand bargain with him. he walked away. there's a measure of look, you could have cut a deal with us. this is still the man they need to get the bill through the house in the very end. i have asked will the president, has the president called for a meeting of leadership at the white house? so far, they have not asked for that. we should expect, if that's what's needed, the white house stands ready to do that in the coming days. this entire town is waiting to see the bill passed so they can move on, get in the house and on to the senate where we have seen compromise in the past. it's where compromise can get done. when can it get into the house and on to the plate where the grown ups take over. >> let's go to you, john king. despite your youthful appearance, you have been around the washington block a few times. get through all the washington bs. where are we? >> we are s
an embarrassing day for speaker boehner. it looks like he lost control completety. >> on one hand, there's a frustration with speaker boehner. they wanted a grand bargain with him. he walked away. there's a measure of look, you could have cut a deal with us. this is still the man they need to get the bill through the house in the very end. i have asked will the president, has the president called for a meeting of leadership at the white house? so far, they have not asked for that. we...
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he said after the meeting he had with the speaker, john boehner, boehner promised this vote beginning on friday, then in the middle of the month gave him an olive branch. peter king, who had been very critical earlier in the day, all of a sudden he seemed to be reassured. do you think that reassurance is justified? >> i'm not entirely sure. i do think -- look, i know john boehner has been preoccupied. we all know that. but it seems to me there's a great -- miss of if nothing else a real moment to come out a little bit like a hero. it's just tone deaf. whatever the practicalities are, that this involving hurricane sandy would get pushed aside. i mean, you know, look at the martens. i mean, the family you just had on. they lost their house. there are so many people here in new york still without power. you know, it's still an ongoing problem, and it's been maybe it's not at the forefront anymore, but it seems to me that there are just -- even the optics of it would be perceived by most people. so that's what to me seems most surprising here. >> all right. everybody stay put. don't go an
he said after the meeting he had with the speaker, john boehner, boehner promised this vote beginning on friday, then in the middle of the month gave him an olive branch. peter king, who had been very critical earlier in the day, all of a sudden he seemed to be reassured. do you think that reassurance is justified? >> i'm not entirely sure. i do think -- look, i know john boehner has been preoccupied. we all know that. but it seems to me there's a great -- miss of if nothing else a real...
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he's very much backing away from speaker boehner's letter. the question i wanted to ask you is some of the details, as you know, it's all in. >> can we spin one more point on that? >> absolutely. >> here's speaker boehner who is taking a mid point on the compromise between the two sides and offered it, and it's already flatley rejected? >> i think he may be rejected, sir, if i may -- >> i'm not talking about simpson -- erskine boelsz. i'm talking about the white house's response to it. >> let's get to that too. i think what erskine bowles is saying in his statement, that this letter from speaker boehner does not represent his theory, number one, but i think the line that the white house is having problems with, and i believe i found it in page two of the speaker's letter, i'll read it to you if i can. he says this, notably, the new revenue in the bowles plan, what he's calling the bowles plan would not be achieved through higher taxes, which we continue to oppose and will not agree to, in order to protect small businesses and our economy. ins
he's very much backing away from speaker boehner's letter. the question i wanted to ask you is some of the details, as you know, it's all in. >> can we spin one more point on that? >> absolutely. >> here's speaker boehner who is taking a mid point on the compromise between the two sides and offered it, and it's already flatley rejected? >> i think he may be rejected, sir, if i may -- >> i'm not talking about simpson -- erskine boelsz. i'm talking about the white...
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the boehner plan is a great start down that road. we just need to figure out if it's enough. >> two other quick questions here. one, when a plan like this comes along and it changes, you know tham of the people who are standing with you are also being leaned on by other republicans who are saying you've got a good deal, it's time to start moving. what is your sense of the core of those of you who are standing here, are you all standing together? do you feel like some are peeling off now or are ready to peel off? you sound to me like you are actually even ready yourself maybe, maybe in the next couple days to say okay, it's enough, i'll make a deal. >> well, i think we're going to vote on something tomorrow. and i would tell you, i think leadership has done a great job. they made a very persuasive case to many of my colleagues that this is as good as we can get right now and it's pretty darn good. i'm not there yet. and a number of members aren't. but leadership, i think, is picking them off one at a time. they're doing a great job of
the boehner plan is a great start down that road. we just need to figure out if it's enough. >> two other quick questions here. one, when a plan like this comes along and it changes, you know tham of the people who are standing with you are also being leaned on by other republicans who are saying you've got a good deal, it's time to start moving. what is your sense of the core of those of you who are standing here, are you all standing together? do you feel like some are peeling off now...